computer question...

GOAT · Post by **GOAT** » Wed May 17, 2006 4:40 am

i figured some of you know a bunch about computers and you may be able to help me. anyway... i can't get my computer to recognize my digital camera... i've got all the drivers and everything and with xp it should be automatic anyway... when i used to plug it in the usb port it would come up and work, now it does nothing. though i know the usb ports work fine because they still recognize my printer and scanner. and i know it's not the cord because i've tried different ones... same thing happens when i plug the psp into my computer. nothing comes up. if anybody could help me i would really appreciate it.

fatlip · Post by **fatlip** » Wed May 17, 2006 5:31 am

uninstall whatever drivers you installed.. dont use the given drivers.. regular XP windows drivers should take care of media loading.

GOAT · Post by **GOAT** » Wed May 17, 2006 5:50 am

fatlip wrote:uninstall whatever drivers you installed.. dont use the given drivers.. regular XP windows drivers should take care of media loading.

i didn't install any drivers... all i did the first time i used the camera was plug it into the usb port and it recognized it as a usb mass storage device and the pictures were in there.

ATLantaStylee · Post by **ATLantaStylee** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:17 am

Have you recently plugged in any other devices that are similar to 'mass storage device' like a usb drive or anything that would have taken the camera's drive letter?

fatlip · Post by **fatlip** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:25 am

do the drives/items show up in My Computer or nothing at all?

GOAT · Post by **GOAT** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:45 am

nothing at all

fatlip · Post by **fatlip** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:13 am

i assume you've already rebooted several times?

GOAT · Post by **GOAT** » Wed May 17, 2006 3:20 pm

yeah... i think it's the drive letter assignment thing the other guy was talking about... cuz my drive letters are all fucked up... my c drive is my extra drive and the one with windows on it is f drive and my cd burner and dvd drives are d and e and i think when i used to plug it in it would be drive f

ATLantaStylee · Post by **ATLantaStylee** » Wed May 17, 2006 5:09 pm

GOATBURGE wrote:yeah... i think it's the drive letter assignment thing the other guy was talking about... cuz my drive letters are all fucked up... my c drive is my extra drive and the one with windows on it is f drive and my cd burner and dvd drives are d and e and i think when i used to plug it in it would be drive f

OK. First, plug the camera in once more and see if your computer makes a beep noise like as if it is recognizing it, but just can't assign it a letter. Also look for the little box with a green arrow on it in the bottom right hand corner of your screen. If neither of these things happen, it may be something else.
But.......
If you really think that this is the problem, and you recall the camera showing up as F:>, then go to control panel > administrative tools > computer management > then the disk management part under storage. Here you can right-click on the F drive and change the drive letter to something else (I always use Z or Y, because nothing else will ever try to use that). Try that then plug in your camera and see if it shows up.

ATLantaStylee · Post by **ATLantaStylee** » Wed May 17, 2006 5:11 pm

fatlip wrote:i assume you've already rebooted several times?

The 7 most said words EVER by me.(I'm a computer support/phone monkey)

mary · Post by **mary** » Wed May 17, 2006 5:46 pm

GOAT · Post by **GOAT** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:15 pm

Ron Mexico wrote:system restore nucca. go back to when it was working. if that is fucked up i would just say fuck it and reinstall windows.

yeah i want to do that but i don't have a big enough drive to save all my music

i'll try the drive letter thing, if not looks like my sis is gonna be sending me my xp disk

ATLantaStylee · Post by **ATLantaStylee** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:16 pm

Ron Mexico wrote:system restore nucca. go back to when it was working. if that is fucked up i would just say fuck it and reinstall windows.

That works too. But if it has been turned off or there are no restore dates far back enough try the stuff above.

GOAT · Post by **GOAT** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:20 pm

fuck it wont change the letter, cuz it's the one my windows is installed on!

mary · Post by **mary** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:20 pm

ATLantaStylee · Post by **ATLantaStylee** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:50 pm

GOATBURGE wrote:fuck it wont change the letter, cuz it's the one my windows is installed on!

Try changing some of the other ones to something else. Maybe the camera was originally set to E? It's hard to diagnose over a message board. Wish there was something else I could do for you.

GOAT · Post by **GOAT** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:56 pm

ATLantaStylee wrote:
GOATBURGE wrote:fuck it wont change the letter, cuz it's the one my windows is installed on!
Try changing some of the other ones to something else. Maybe the camera was originally set to E? It's hard to diagnose over a message board. Wish there was something else I could do for you.

fly to texas and fix that shit nigga!

strongallalong · Post by **strongallalong** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:15 pm

My old digital camera, when I would plug it in, It wouldn't show up at first. I had to disconnect it, take it out of the USB slot, re-insert it into the USB and then re-insert into the camera. Also, make sure the cable is ALL THE WAY IN the camera. Sounds obvious, but you would never guess how many people tell me their cables aren't working and it's simply just not in far enough. When you think it is in all the way, push it farther. And please don't come back with a "Yea that's what she said".

Also, maybe I just missed this somewhere, did you say what kind of camera you have or the software you are using on the computer?

fatlip · Post by **fatlip** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:43 am

make sure the cable is even still good!

GOAT · Post by **GOAT** » Fri May 19, 2006 3:30 pm

fatlip wrote:make sure the cable is even still good!

the cable is good, because it works on yesenia's computer... i need to reinstall windows anyway, so i'm just gonna do it that way. it should work then.